Notes: Approx 25mm long. Head black. Pronotum black with lateral margins and basal fovea bright metallic bronze/purple. Elytra granulated metallic green with side margins purple and three rows of small punctures. Legs black with segments 1-3 of fore tarsi enlargedindicating a male.
This is the first Carabus nemoralis that I have observed. I have noticed that there is an orange mark on each of the middle tibia. None of my keys mention this. Is this an usual/unusual mark and something that is usually found on Carabidae.